Sudeten Germans | Memory of Nations

At the age of about 18

Marie Zajíček

* 1927

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

Ingeborg Zajíčková in her youth

Ingeborg Zajíčková

* 1926

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Hedvika Žalská, 1964

Hedvika Žalská

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Marie and Dr. Ing. Artur Zdráhal in front of Karolinum (1970s)

Marie Zdráhalová

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Sudeten Germans

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Kriemhild Zeh

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Hildegard Zemanová (Morávková)

Hildegarda Zemanová

* 1926

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Liselote - usual childhood

Liselotte Židová

* 1930 †︎ 2014

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, People helping Jews during WWII

Josef Zíka in 1950s as a member of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Josef Zíka

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Zikmund in Congo during the smallpox eradication campaign. He is showing a jet injector to the Minister of Health of Congo (far right, wearing a fur hat).

MUDr. Vladimír Zikmund CSc.

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Walter Zimmermann in 1945

Walter Zimmermann

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The topic of security forces before 1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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